Is the whole point of art that it is not necessary?
Maths solves problems, statues don't
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:00, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

How else would the illiterate masses know who controls them?

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:03, Reply)

Is it pigeons?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:03, Reply)

Mass literacy is relatively recent, coins and statues would convey to the public who their lord master and god was
See the continuation of the Roman equestrian statue throughout history
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:06, Reply)

Art is necessary.
It's one of the things that sets us apart from the animals.
( girlinthehole, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:03, Reply)

What about that painting elephant?

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:05, Reply)

It isn't necessary though
It is just nice (in some cases), scary, good, bad, pretentious, etc.
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:05, Reply)

Animals make art
Maths sets us apart from the animals!
( Peej, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:05, Reply)

What about counting horses?

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:09, Reply)

That would be a boring job.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:10, Reply)

I bet you'd get a lot of sleep though.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:15, Reply)

Counting isn't maths
My Daughter can count but she can't do multiplications
( Peej, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:11, Reply)

Yes but when you say to the horse "what's 2 X 2"
It taps it's hoof 4 times. I've seem it, it was dead impressive.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:12, Reply)

Trained to do it I bet
Like when that bloke in that film taught his kid to spell really long words but she couldn't spell cat. I bet the horse couldn't spell cat either!
( Peej, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:26, Reply)

but we are all trained to do Maths
it's not like it's innate.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:29, Reply)

Of course he couldn't.
He's a mathmatician, not Mr Ed.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:29, Reply)

No they don't.
Name me one animal that makes art.
( girlinthehole, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:11, Reply)

Apes
Oh and Elephants
( Peej, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:12, Reply)

POIDH

( girlinthehole, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:13, Reply)

Clever fucker eh?
( Peej, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:15, Reply)

Pics
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:15, Reply)

Ok then....................show me a pic of an animal that isn't a human that has produced art without being aided by a human.

( girlinthehole, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:17, Reply)

My dog once did a shit
that looked like The Virgin Mary.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:19, Reply)

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:19, Reply)

A lot of human artists are aided by humans
and apes have been knows to use white clay to paint in the wild
( Peej, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:23, Reply)

Also along this line
I cannot do art, does this make me not human?

It's not that I doubt the importance of art, I just don't think it's essential to being human.

Same goes for Maths BTW.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:31, Reply)

Can you re-phrase?
I cannot make sense of that sentence.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:24, Reply)

Humans.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:13, Reply)